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NRG Energy, Inc. Confidential

New Hospital Cogeneration

•A Cogeneration Case Study

•University Medical Center at Princeton-Plainsboro, NJ

•Creating Sustainable Business in New Jersey- Focus on Hospitals October 31, 2014

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Presentation

• Who is NRG?

• Cogeneration Primer – What is it?

– The Good, the Bad

– Applications

– Typical Prime Movers

• Why Cogenerate? A Global View – Turbulent Energy History

– Competing Emerging Technologies

– The Black Marble

• University Medical Center at Princeton – Hospital Background

– Development History

– Project Drivers

– UMCPP Cogeneration System

– First Full Year Results

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Who is NRG?

• Fortune 500, S&P 500 Company

– NY Stock Exchange: NRG (Market Cap: $9.3 B)

– NY Stock Exchange: NYLD (Market Cap: $841 M)

• Serves 2 Million Customers, 16 States

• Nearly 50,000 MW, Generating Capacity

– Enough for nearly 50 million homes.

– Coal, Gas, Oil, Solar, Nuclear: Everything But Hydro

• Leading Solar Developer / Operator

– More than 2,000 MW Installed Capacity

– Ivanpah (CA): 392 MW Solar Tower Project with 347,000 Mirrors, Steam Generating Power System

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Who is NRG? Some NRG Companies

• Reliant: Electric service provider, Texas, Northeast

• NRG Energy Services: Operation and Maintenance Services for Energy Industry

• eVgo: Electric vehicle infrastructure development, operation.

• Green Mountain Energy Company: Energy provider from renewable Sources.

• Petra Nova: Carbon capture technology for coal power station.

• NRG Solar: Commercial solar system development, operation.

• dGen: Developer, owner, operator of district energy, cogeneration and back-up power stations.

• NRG Residential Solar: Provider of solar systems for the residential market.

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Cogeneration Primer

• What Is It?

– The Simultaneous Production of Two Forms of Energy

• Usually Electricity and Thermal Energy, Often Cooling As Well.

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Cogeneration / CHP Primer

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$10, Fuel

$3, Motion

$7, Waste


The Cogeneration Comparison

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Cogeneration

• The Good – About 50% more efficient

– Mature, proven technology

– Distributed generation improves reliability

– Fuel Flexibility

• The Bad – Capital Intensive

– Operationally complex

– Needs space

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Cogeneration Applications

• Health Care Facilities

• College Campus

• Large Residential / Hotel

• Industry

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Good “Thermal Balance”, Flat Load Profile


Typical Prime Movers

• Internal Combustion Engines – Proven Technology, Many Vendors

– Most Common up to 6 MW

– High Electric Efficiency, Reasonable First Cost

– Maintenance Intensive

• Gas Turbines – Proven Technology, Fewer Vendors

– Most Common, 3 MW +

– Best For Big Thermal Loads

– Less Downtime

– More Costly Than IC Engines

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Why Cogenerate? A Turbulent Energy History

• 1880’s: Edison’s DC World

• 1940’s: Nuclear Fission; Free Electricity!

• 1950’s: Nuclear Fusion

• 1970’s: Running Out of Oil

• 1990’s: 350 Year Gas Bubble

• 1990’s: Broken Bubble, Back to Coal

• 2000’s: Hydrogen Economy

• 2000’s: Methanol Future

• 2010’s: Fracking

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Why Cogenerate? (Finite Resources)

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* US Energy Information Administration, 2012 Data

Coal (37%)

Gas (30%)

Nuclear (19%)

Hydro (7%)

Biomass (1.4%)

Geothermal (0.4%)

Solar (0.1%)

Wind (3.5%)

Oil (1%)

Other Gas (< 1%)

US Fuel to Electric Production*


Why Cogenerate? A Global View

World Population


Why Cogenerate? A Global View

World Energy Consumption


The Black Marble

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University Medical Center at Princeton Plainsboro

• 630,000 Square Feet, 238 Bed Acute Care facility.

• 160 Acre Campus

• Replaces Princeton Hospital, Downtown

• Functional Since 2012

• $441 M Project

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Development History

• Hospital Migration, Downtown to Suburbs, 2009 Initiation

• Designing Toward Self-Generation, Late Switch to Cogeneration

• Swayed by NJ State Presentation on CHP

• NRG Adopted Syska Design, Added CHP

• Syska Hennessey Architect, Turner Construction Management

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Project Drivers

• Cost Control (Operating Cost)

• Reliability, Grid Independence

• LEED Initiative, Environmental Statement

• Cost Control (Capital Reduction)

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Tailored Solution Provides Reliability with Multiple Levels of Protection

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CHP – Powered by a 4.6 MW combined heat and power (CHP) plant supplying 100% of heating and cooling needs

Thermal Energy – The recovered thermal energy is used to heat and cool the medical center and the steam is also used for sterilization

Solar –15 panels over the parking lot produce energy equivalent to what 30 average sized single family homes would use

Grid power – And the ability to draw power from the PJM power grid is available if needed

NRG Thermal’s solutions to cut energy bill dramatically, reduce emissions and increase reliability

Princeton Hospital, NJ served by NRG Energy

Center Princeton

Now Open

NRG Thermal was responsible for the design, construction and start-

up; and continues to provide on-going operations services


UMCPP Major Equipment Summary

• One, 4.6 MW Solar Mercury Turbine, Gas Fired.

• One, 35 mlb/hr HRSG, 150 psig, Gas Fired.

• Three, 700 HP (20 mmBtu) Fire-Tube Boilers, Dual Fuel.

• Three, 1,000 ton Electric Centrifugal Chillers.

• One, 700 ton Single-Stage Absorption Chiller.

• One, 1M Gallon Stratified Thermal Storage Tank

• Three, 2 MW Emergency Generators

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UMCPP System Configuration

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Plant Exterior

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Plant Exterior

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Heating, Cooling Equipment

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First Full Year Economic Performance

• Three Major Cost Categories:

– Commodity (Electricity, Fuel,

Steam Chilled Water)

– Operation, Maintenance

– Capital Recovery

ANNUAL WEIGHTED AVG

• Annual Savings

- 50%

+25%

- 5%

- 30%

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Thank You!

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Wayne Deczynski VP, NRG Distributed Generation 104 Carnegie Center Princeton, NJ 08540-6213 Phone: 609-524-4541

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